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“mildness” in Latin
lēniōto soften, soothe; to mollify, assuage, appease, pacifyanimuslife, life force, soul, vitality (that life-giving aspect which animates a thing); conscience, intellect, mind, reason, lēnissoft, smooth, gentle, moderate, mild, calm; gradualmānsuētūdōtameness; mildness, gentleness; clemencymisericordiapity, compassion, mercy, lovingkindness, tenderness, heartedness; wretchedness, misery; pathosfacilitāsease, easiness, facility, readiness; willingness; affability, courteousness; levity, heedlessnessindulgeōto be kind or courteous (to); to be inclined (to); give free rein (to); to give oneself up (to); to be addicted (to), inbenignitāskindness, benevolence, friendliness, courtesy; liberality, bounty, favor; lenity, mercybeneficentiabeneficence, kindnessimmānitāsimmensity, vastness, excess; monstrousness, enormity, fierceness, cruelty, barbarism, savageness, inhumanity, frightfuln
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mildness
lenitas (gentleness; of a thing or of a person; opposed to asperitas): animus, lenis, ingenium lene (gentleness; of character): clemetnia (opposed to crudelitas): mansuetudo (opposed to feritas, immanitas): misericordia (compassion; opposed to animus durus): facilitas (a yielding disposition): indulgentia (indulgence; opposed to severitas): benignitas, beneficentia (kind disposition, good-nature). Mildness of government, dementia et mansuetudo imperii.
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- What is the Latin word for mildness?
- The usual Latin words for “mildness” are lēniō, animus, lēnis; also mānsuētūdō, misericordia, facilitās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.